Cultural revolution Flashcards

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1
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Early ten points

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Proposed that masses should be mobilised to criticise corrupt party cadres

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2
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Mao’s swim

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1966: he swam 9 miles in 65 minutes at the age of 72

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What play did Mao criticise and compared to the Lushan conference

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Hai Rui dismissed from office

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4
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Little red book

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By Lin Biao and contained Mao’s quotes

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5
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What happened in 1966 in Tiananmen Square

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Mao reaffirmed his retune to meet 1 million Red Guards

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6
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What were the four olds

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old culture, old customs, old habits, old ideas

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7
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How many libraries closed

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1/3 of 1100

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8
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How many books lost or destroyed

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7 million

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9
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How many historical places destroyed in Beijing

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2/3

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10
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What happened in Confucius temple in Shandong

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Destroyed 2700 books, 2000 graves, 929 paintings

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January storm

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100,000 radical red guards defeated 200,000 scarlet red guards (anarchy)

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12
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February adverse current

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Zhu De and Chen Yi protested against Mao’s policies encouraging chaos

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13
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How many leaders of red guards arrested in 1967

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500

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14
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By 1969 how many arrested

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up to 2 million

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15
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How many cadres executed in Yunnan

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14,000

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16
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How many party cadres purged

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70-80%

17
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How many politburo members survived

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9/23

18
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How many of central committee deposed

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2/3

19
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How much did the economy fall in 1967

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13% decrease

20
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What happened to education

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Closed, students should be red guards

21
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How many students exiled to the countryside

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18 million

22
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What would happen to teachers

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Purged, classified as capitalist roaders

23
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PLA

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Rises in importance, responsible for winding the cultural revolution down

24
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Black hand

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Mao was black hand

25
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How many red guards killed in Wuhan

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180,000 by the PLA